Combination window-shade holder and swinging curtain-pole.



A. ROTZEL & Mi IMBT.

COMBINATION WINDOW SHADE HOLDER AND SWINGING CURTAIN POLE. APPLICATIONFILED DEG.4,1909.

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ALBERT R OTZEL AND MILTON IMBT, OF STROUDSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

COMBINATION WINDOW-SHADE HOLDER AND SWINGING CURTAIN-POLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 4, 1909.

Patented Nov. 1, 1910. Serial No. 531,329.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ALBERT Ro'rzEL and MILTON IMBT, citizens of theUnited States, residing at Stroudsburg, in the county of Monroe andState of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements inCombination VVindow-Shade Holders and Swinging Curtain-Poles, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to combined window shade holders and curtainpoles, and the object of the invention is to provide a device of thischaracter which is extremely simple in construction, which provides forthe ready adjustment of the curtain supports and which is provided withmeans whereby a sectional pole may be swung away from the window casingso as to easily and quickly position the curtain thereon.

With the above, and other objects in view, which will appear as thedescription progresses, the invention resides in the novel constructionand combination of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings there has been illustrated a simple andpreferred embodiment of the improvement, and in which drawings Figure 1is a front elevation of the device in applied position upon the windowcasing, the ends of one section of the pole being shown in section. Fig.2 is a perspective view of the improvement. Fig. 3 is a detailhorizontal sectional View of a part of the device taken in a line withthe adjustable shade supporting member. Fig. 4 is a detail sectionalview.

In the accompanying drawing the numeral 1 designates an ordinary windowcasing and the numeral 2 the improved device which is adapted to besecured thereto.

The combined window shade holder and curtain support comprisesessentially a body member 3, which is constructed of some suitableresilient material, such as tin or the like and which is of asubstantially right angular construction, as illustrated in Fig. 2 ofthe drawing. The top and bottom ends of the metal, as well as the edgeof one of the right angular portions thereof are bent upon themselves soas to provide a casing and a support for a wire member 4. This wiremember 4 has both of its free ends extending a suitable distance beyondthe member 3 and these ends terminate in suitable eyes or loops 5.

One of the right angular members of the device is provided with suitableorifices 6 which are adapted for the reception of retaining elements,such as tacks, screws or the like, whereby the device is retained inposition upon the window casing. The'ofiset port-ion of the member tothat provided with the openings 6 and designated by the numeral 7, ispreferably depressed or incut, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 2 of thedrawings, and the metal provided by this incut portion adjacent thecenter of the said member 7 is bent at an angle substantially parallelwith the opposite offset face of the member 3 and the edges of thisportion are bent upon themselves as at S to provide ways for a slidingshade supporting bracket 9. The body of the offset portion is centrallyslitted, so as to provide a suitable tongue which is normally adapted toengage with one of a series of depressions 11 provided by the member 9.The outer end of the said member 9 is bent at right angles to provide anoffset 12, the said ofl set being provided with a suitable opening 13which is adapted for the reception of the pintle of the shade roller.

The lower eye of the member 5 of the wire 4 is provided with a U-shapeddepending member 14. This member 14 is preferably constructed of arectangular strip of suitable material and has its free ends oifset asat 15 so that the said member may be effectively supported upon theupper face of the eye 5. This member 14 is adapted to serve as a restfor the vertical arm 16 of a curtain supporting member. The said member16 has its upper extremity bent to form a substantially U-shapedextension, the upper arm 17 of which is in a substantially horizontalplane with the top member of the window casing. The portion 17 of eachof the members is adapted for engagement with a curtain supporting polewhich is formed of a pair of members designated by the numerals 18 and19. One, or both of the said members 19 may be free to slide a limiteddistance upon the offset portions 17 of the members 16, and one of thesect-ions 18 has its free end provided with a projecting pin 19 which isadapted to engage with a slot 20 provided upon the free end of theopposite section 19. In most instances it has been found desirable tohave the pintle 19 freely revoluble within the section 18 and the saidpintle may be threaded, as illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawings whilethe slotted orifice 20 within the opposite section 19 is also threadedso that when the sections 18 and 19 are swung together the pole may berigidly connected and danger of sagging or longitudinal movement of themembers effectively prevented.

It will be noted that by constructing the members 16 as rotatableelements a curtain may be readily positioned upon either of the sections18 or 19 and the said members swung together and tightened and thecurtain drawn from one of the sections upon the opposite section. Itwill be further noted that by compressing the curtain upon either of thesaid sections and forcing the pintle 19 out of engagement with one ofthe slots 20,

. the said curtain can be readily removed by simply swinging the sectionupon which the curtain is positioned without the necessity of removingthe entire device.

From the above description, taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, it will be noted that we have provided an extremely simple andeffective device for the purpose set forth, and it is to be furtherunderstood that while we have illustrated and described the preferredembodiment of the improvement, as it now appears to us, minor details ofconstruction, within the scope of the following claim may be resorted toif desired.

Having thus describedthe invention, what we claim as new is L In adevice of the class described, a bracket member constructed of resilientmaterial, said bracket member being substantially U shape in crosssection and having its top and bottom and one of its vertical walls bentupon themselves, a wire member engaging the said bent portions, saidwire member having its free ends terminating in eyes, a U-shaped memberhaving offsets engaging the lower eye, a .rotatable member within theeyes and resting upon the U- shaped member of the lower eye, saidrotatable member having its upper portion pro-. vided with asubstantially U-shaped extension, a curtain pole section for thisextension, the edge of the bracket not provided with the bent portionshaving a centrally arranged longitudinally extending.

offset member, said member having its longitudinal edges bent towardeach other, the body of the said offset member being slitted to providea resilient tongue, and a shade roller supporting member having its bodyprovided with depressions adapted to be engaged by the resilient tongue,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

ALBERT ROTZEL. MILTON IMBT.

Witnesses:

JOHN F. BARTHoLoMEw, JOSEPH FREDERICK.

